Meat Safety Act, 2000 (Act No. 40 of 2000)NoticesEstablishment of the Meat Inspection Scheme18. Funding Model |
In accordance with section 11 (1)(b) of the Act, the owner of an abattoir must procure a meat inspection service for that abattoir. On the basis of this prescript, each abattoir that is to be service by an assigned meat inspection service provider will be responsible for the payment of the meat inspection service provided at their abattoir.
A revenue collection system will be developed to ensure that there is no direct payment by abattoir and facility owners to assignees. The revenue collection system will operate as follows:
| (a) | The Minister will appoint revenue collection institution(s) for the collection of meat inspection revenue in line with treasury regulations. |
| (b) | The abattoir/facility owner must pay money for the meat inspection service to the appointed revenue collection institution. |
| (c) | The revenue collection institution must pay the assigned meat inspection service providers all monies due to them from the abattoirs for meat inspection service provided within 2 weeks of the revenue being made available. |
The implementation of a revenue collection system for meat inspection service will be effective from the date to be determined by the NEO. The NEO may waive the use of a revenue collection system for revenue collection for various abattoir categories, such as rural and infrequently slaughtering abattoirs. Until the effective date for the implementation of the system, abattoirs may be allowed to directly pay assignees for services provided. The NEO must monitor the system to ensure that there is no compromise on the independence of the meat inspection service due to direct financial transactions.